Article 47 Giving of determinationI1

This rule applies when the Commission determines any proceedings.

The Commission must record its decision and the reasons for it.

The Commission must F1, within a reasonable time, serve on the parties a written determination containing its decision and, if and to the extent that it is possible to do so without disclosing information contrary to the public interest, the reasons for it F2, subject to paragraph (3A).

In the case of an application by the Secretary of State under Schedule 4A to the 1981 Act, the Commission must serve on the Secretary of State a written determination no later than—

Where the determination under paragraph (3) does not include the full reasons for its decision, the Commission must serve on the Secretary of State and the special advocate a separate determination including those reasons.

Where the Commission serves a separate determination under paragraph (4), the special advocate may apply to the Commission to amend that determination and the determination under paragraph (3) on the grounds that the separate determination contains material the disclosure of which would not be contrary to the public interest.

The special advocate must serve a copy of an application under paragraph (5) on the Secretary of State.

The Commission must give the special advocate and the Secretary of State an opportunity to make representations and may determine the application with or without a hearing.